Doesn't works from Steam, the game just crashes at the start
However, running directly "Syndrome.exe" helps, but doing it with Wine removes the majority of text
Don't launch from steam, use lutris with the .exe downloaded from steam.
The game doesn't launch with steam, not even with GE-Proton or forcing WINED3D, but somehow the game is DRM-Free and can be launched without steam adding it to lutris the "Syndrome.exe", so it's playable but I don't think it will be fixed soon. Probably it works with Bottles and Heroic too.
Seems Wine 9.0 makes the game work flawlessly as far as i can tell. What i did was launch the game directly from the exe using Wine.
It seems the game launchs without Steam running in the background using Wine.
Doesn't even work on Windows on the Steam Deck
This game is completely borked on the Steam Deck. It doesn't even run correctly under Windows on the Deck -- it detects the screen resolution wrong and gets the game stuck in Portrait mode (800x1280). I've tried manually setting the resolution in the config file; I've also tried using DXVK. Nothing seems to work.
Unless Camel 101 wants to put some more work into this 7 year old game, the chances of it working on the Steam Deck seem to be pretty slim. It's a shame too, because it's a nice little survival horror game.
Crash on startup
Nothing stands out in logs
Seems to be borked as of 5.0/GE5.9
I tried all versions of proton up to 5.0 that comes with steam and 5.9GE and none seem to can get beyond a black window popup and crashing
Game won't start.
Won't start nothing happens, different Proton launch options and disabling Steam overlays made no difference.